Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel [Kindle Edition] review

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In this excellent recording of Foer's second novel, Woodman artfully captures the voice of nine-year-old Oskar Schell, the precocious amateur physicist who is attempting to uncover clues about his father's death on September 11. Oskar—a self-proclaimed pacifist, tambourine player and Steven Hawking fanatic—is the perfect blend of smart-aleck maturity and youthful innocence. Articulating the large words slowly and thoroughly with merely a hint of childishness, Woodman endearingly conveys the voice of your young child who is wanting desperately to sound such as an adult. The parallel story lines, beautifully narrated by Ferrone and Caruso, add variety for the imaginative and captivating plot, but they do not translate quite as seamlessly into audio format. Ferrone's wistful growl is perfect for your voice of an man who is able to no longer speak, but since the listener actually gets to know what that this character is only able to convey by writing on a notepad, his frustrating silence is not as profound. Caruso's brilliant performance as a possible adoring grandmother can also be noteworthy, though the meandering stream-of-consciousness type of her and Ferrone's sections are occasionally hard to follow on audio. Although it can be Oskar's poignant, laugh-out-loud narration that make this audio production indispensable.
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Adult/High School-Oskar Schell just isn't your average nine-year-old. A budding inventor, he spends his time imagining wonderful creations. He also collects random photographs for his scrapbook and sends letters to scientists. When his father dies in the World Trade Center collapse, Oskar shifts his boundless energy to a search for answers. He finds an important hidden in his father's stuff that doesn't fit any lock inside their New York City apartment; its container is labeled "Black." Using flawless kid logic, Oskar sets out to communicate with everyone in New York City with all the last name of Black. A retired journalist who keeps a card catalog with entries for anyone he's ever met is just one in the colorful characters the boy meets. As with everything Is Illuminated (Houghton, 2002), Foer takes a dark subject and works in offbeat humor with puns and wordplay. But Extremely Loud pushes further using the inclusion of photographs, illustrations, and mild experiments in typography reminiscent of Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions (Dell, 1973). The humor works as a deceptive, glitzy cover for any fairly serious tale about loss and recovery. For balance, Foer includes the subplot of Oskar's grandfather, who survived the World War II bombing of Dresden. Although this story is less than as evocative as Oskar's, it can carry forward and connect firmly towards the rest from the novel. The two stories finally intersect in a powerful conclusion that will make even probably the most jaded hearts fall.-Matthew L. Moffett, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale
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